Family Suicides...
By twoey68
@twoey68 (13627)
United States
March 19, 2009 6:51am CST
It seems that lately there seems to be a big uprise on suicide…not just individuals but whole families. Mother, father and the kids. Most of them the father kills all of them and then himself. Sometimes the mother and father kill the kids together and then each other. It’s like it’s becoming an epidemic.
Just recently there was another news story of a father who lost his job so he and his wife agreed to commit suicide. They also agreed to take a mother in law who lived with them and their 4 kids with them. Their reasoning was that they couldn’t bear the thought of leaving them behind and they didn’t want anyone else to raise their kids.
That got me thinking…if you reached the point where suicide was your only solution, could you leave your child behind and do it or would you take them with you?
For me, my Nephew is the one that I’m closest to and I could never, under any circumstances take his life from him…in fact there has been times that he has kept me from doing anything drastic b/c I can’t bear to leave him alone in this world without me there for him. I honestly don’t know how anyone can look at a child they love and even consider ending their life.
So, would you leave them behind or take them with you? What are your thoughts about ppl who choose either one? Have your kids ever been the anchor that’s kept you from doing anything drastic?
[b]**AT PEACE WITHIN**
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7 responses
@rsa101 (37969)
• Philippines
20 Mar 09
Right now I could not think of reason for killing myself. And if ever I would reach to that point I do not think I should not bring others to do the same if they would not want to die too. I really think that is so selfish of them to kill their children because they could not bear leaving them like this. I think the children has the right to live and try their luck living in this world.
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
19 Mar 09
If its just a job loss, no one should kill themselves over that in my opinion. I am also against killing your whole family just to bring them with you when you decide to kill yourself.
I would never kill my kids. I would just do it myself if I was going to do it.
Killing yourself because of chronic pain that is not manageable by strong meds is acceptable to me. I don't know if I could kill myself when I am in pain but I won't judge others who do it. I can't blame them honestly.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
19 Mar 09
I can never understand someone killing himself and also taking his family with him, especially his children. Does he think that people are so heartless and cruel that as soon as he is gone, they will kick the kids out of the house in the middle of winter? Or that a gang of bullies will go after the children? Does he think that he has to kill them first or that no one in the whole universe will take care of the children when he is gone or is he really afraid that one of his children will tell the authorities that "Daddy's killed himself because the boss found out he was drinking on the job?
Seems a rather selfish and cowardly way out. It used to be that the man just killed himself and wrote a note and said he was sorry.
@mssnow (9484)
• United States
19 Mar 09
Hi, My friend. If I ever decide to end my life for any reason, I would not under any circumstances take anyone else with me. Just because i have chosen to go does not mean they want to go with me. Even though I know it would hurt them terribbly to know i am gone. They would still live their life the way they were supposed too. No one has aright to take another human beings life, just because they dont want someone else to raise them or they might suffer.
@hiddenwing (3719)
• China
19 Mar 09
To be honest, I can't understand these people! Why not they just ask their opinions? They should wish their love ones happy! But what is happiess? One only knows it oneself! If they don't wanna follow them, why bother force them doing it!
@HomeFlower (987)
• Canada
19 Mar 09
There's a lot of desperation
I can't imagine how a parent can kill the children.
I would think at some point during the slaughter, at the very least, the mother would have a change of heart or her instinct to keep her child safe would kick in, and she would jump in to stop the killings - right?
As a mom, I would jump in front of a bus if it means saving my child and pushing them out of harms way.
They would have to be very desperate to kill themselves and their kids.
I'm guessing they would be the couples who either have no family to depend on, have no support system in place or think life is so awful that it would be even worse for the kids if they were to remain alive in foster care or something.
As for wether or not my kids have been the anchor that keeps me from doing anything drastic .... well, for the most part that's true but along life's journey, sometimes my kids were the rope instead of the anchor.
